{"id":133261,"date":"2021-06-28T14:11:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T13:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=133261"},"modified":"2021-06-28T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T13:11:15","slug":"ifi-zen-stream-network-bridge-with-open-sdk-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ifi-zen-stream-network-bridge-with-open-sdk-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"iFi ZEN Stream: Network Bridge with Open SDK for Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IFi has extended a hand of friendship to digital audio enthusiasts &#8211; anyone can try to write software for the iFi ZEN Stream networked audio bridge. iFi ZEN Stream\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ifi-audio.com\/products\/zen-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is designed<\/a>\u00a0to deliver network content to any DAC (with the rest of the iFi ZEN Stream products, the design of the case has in common).\u00a0ZEN Stream connects to the router via Wi-Fi (dual-band 802.11a \/ b \/ g \/ n \/ ac) or Gigabit Ethernet.\u00a0The signal is output to an external DAC via USB-A or S \/ PDIF.<\/p>\n<p>The heart of the novelty is a quad-core ARM Cortex microprocessor.\u00a0The board also houses surface mount components such as multilayer ceramic capacitors and TDK C0G inductors from Taiyo Yuden and Murata.\u00a0For the power supply in the 1.5 MHz switching source, PSRR stabilizers with a high coefficient of suppression of instability, low no-load current and low voltage drop are used.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/32142b8-fa6c-403a-82dc-673ca57dfc62.jpg\" width=\"1170\" height=\"949\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ZEN Stream&#8217;s bitrates are on par with compatible iFi models: PCM up to 32-bit \/ 384 kHz and DSD up to 11.2 MHz (DSD256).\u00a0The software working with these signals must be compatible with Linux &#8211; it was this platform that was chosen for the novelty.\u00a0Updates are installed over the air or via USB-C in version 3.0.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/52a7d9b-d5c2-4eb0-b97d-cecffaa5487c.jpg\" width=\"1696\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The iFi ZEN Stream supports AirPlay out of the box, and the Chromecast is promised a little later, as is the Roon Bridge certified Roon Ready.\u00a0A proprietary Stream-iFi application for DLNA storage devices is also being prepared.\u00a0Streaming from the Tidal and Spotify apps will be available immediately.\u00a0As a network audio adapter (NAA), the novelty works with the Sygnalist HQPlayer, sending audio data received over the network directly to the DAC.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/0d2eb1e-8895-484b-ac03-e553b20bbf03.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"517\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the UK, the iFi ZEN Stream is already available for \u00a3 400.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFi has extended a hand of friendship to digital audio enthusiasts &#8211; anyone can try to write software for the iFi ZEN Stream networked audio bridge. iFi ZEN Stream\u00a0is designed\u00a0to deliver network content to any DAC (with the rest of the iFi ZEN Stream products, the design of the case has in common).\u00a0ZEN Stream connects [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ifi-zen-stream-network-bridge-with-open-sdk-for-everyone\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":133262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-133261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}